In the 1960s, you would have seen Republicans at the memorial service of a major civil rights leader. Jackie Robinson was a Republican. Nelson Rockefeller helped pay for Dr. King's funeral. The absence of Republicans at Rev. Jackson's memorial service speaks volumes about today's Republican Party.
Betty Gilpin being added to “The Lowdown” will only make a great thing better.
I really hate characters not getting spotlight episodes anymore. All character development has to be mashed into eps with a lot of other elements. My new silly analogy is: croissants are great! But croissants are not potatoes. If you put a croissant in soup, it just isn’t a croissant anymore.
This is me now
really cool guided tour of richartd hell's lower east side apartment from the nyt
no firewall
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
James Talarico tonight:
"It doesn't matter what happens in this Republican runoff. We already know who we're running against: The billionaire mega-donors and their corrupt political system. Not any one politician ... We are running against the broken system and the powerful people who broke it."
Every word of this is worth reading. These people are our national disease, and it's only going to get worse. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
The most disgusting combination of self-enrichment and failed management in the history of the entertainment business. deadline.com/2026/03/davi...
Immigrant protection bills moving through 2026 Oregon Legislature northpeninsulareview.com/immigrant-pr... #ICE #Oregon #Portland #PDX
WATCH — @senpeterwelch walks through a no-bid $143,000,000 contract that went to @KristiNoem’s spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company that had just been formed.
She should be impeached for this outrageous scandal alone.
Yet it’s barely a blip in this corrupt regime.
Rain replacing snow in Antarctica. Not good.
U.S.-Israeli strikes have damaged multiple Iranian hospitals and schools.
And Daleks.
During our research for Gil Gerrard, I spun through a ton of episodes of Buck Rogers off of Blu-ray - and can we just stop to appreciate the incredible otherworldly environment paintings from this show?
Important piece on Rogan. He's just Rush Limbaugh on different pharmaceuticals at this point. And citing him is like citing Grok and the one or two good X Community Notes a month. It just legitimates the ruse that he's not a partisan actor.
Because the federal government is pulling funds, people are not getting HIV preventative treatment. This is going to end up costing the healthcare system millions and create suffering that did not need to happen, but for Trump.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...
Calling AI "slop" has been one of the most effective instances of the public rebranding a product and it pisses them off.
This is no diss on these two in particular, but I find it annoying that every one of those brands have value entirely created by writers, artists, actors, programmers, chefs, directors, producers, and yes, even creative execs, and these guys get to "own" them because they had a lot of money.
The top 1% in America now hoard $55.8 trillion — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.
On brand.
"As someone whose kids won’t die fighting in the war, it’s important that you understand the flimsy, morally bankrupt justifications for war, and why it’s vital for you to throw more of your children's lives at this one."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
I found sleeping Kong rather moving.
You write a 3,000 word story on an eyebrow-raising industry dynamic with multiple on the record interviews with hard to get senior executives and no one says 'boo.'
You write a 300 word squib on someone's fushlugginer primetime news special and everyone yells at you on a Sunday
About $100 million in state funding for transportation projects in Boyle Heights, Skid Row and other parts of L.A. is in jeopardy -- largely because the city doesn't have enough staff to carry out the projects.
More from the LAT's @melissagomez.bsky.social
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This is basically legalized insider trading
Not long ago, independent media felt like a luxury. Specialized news subscriptions that provided in-depth information, opinion and analysis were costly and time-consuming. They were purely optional, even indulgent.
That is no longer the case. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...
Back when Paramount was synonymous with antitrust. www.justice.gov/atr/paramoun...
Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.
Off the top of my head:
www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email
Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.
Burn it all down
